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单词 hard-nosed
释义

hard-nosed

adjective

ˈhärd-ˈnōzd How to pronounce hard-nosed (audio)
1
: being tough, stubborn, or uncompromising
2
: hardheaded sense 2, tough-minded

Synonyms

  • adamant
  • adamantine
  • bullheaded
  • dogged
  • hard
  • hardened
  • hardheaded
  • headstrong
  • immovable
  • implacable
  • inconvincible
  • inflexible
  • intransigent
  • mulish
  • obdurate
  • obstinate
  • opinionated
  • ossified
  • pat
  • pertinacious
  • perverse
  • pigheaded
  • self-opinionated
  • self-willed
  • stiff-necked
  • stubborn
  • unbending
  • uncompromising
  • unrelenting
  • unyielding
  • willful
  • wilful
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Word History

First Known Use

1917, in the meaning defined at sense 1

hard-nosed

adjective

as in stubborn
sticking to an opinion, purpose, or course of action in spite of reason, arguments, or persuasion the team's hard-nosed coach doesn't make exceptions for anybody

Synonyms & Similar Words

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  • stubborn
  • adamant
  • steadfast
  • hardened
  • hardheaded
  • uncompromising
  • intransigent
  • headstrong
  • implacable
  • opinionated
  • unbending
  • obsessive
  • unyielding
  • obstinate
  • dogged
  • unrelenting
  • obdurate
  • hard
  • wilful
  • willful
  • bullheaded
  • inflexible
  • mulish
  • pigheaded
  • pertinacious
  • immovable
  • relentless
  • strict
  • persistent
  • adamantine
  • perverse
  • pat
  • determined
  • tenacious
  • ossified
  • self-opinionated
  • unflinching
  • stiff-necked
  • inconvincible
  • self-willed
  • stern
  • rigid
  • cantankerous
  • wayward
  • defiant
  • wrongheaded
  • deaf to reason
  • iron
  • single-minded
  • inexorable
  • hard-line
  • severe
  • hidebound
  • indomitable
  • firm
  • bloody-minded
  • resolved
  • recalcitrant
  • uncooperative
  • stouthearted
  • hard-shelled
  • intractable
  • anal-retentive
  • hell-bent
  • insubordinate
  • mutinous
  • contumacious
  • inveterate
  • unruly
  • disobedient
  • contrary
  • invincible
  • exacting
  • narrow-minded
  • hard-shell
  • demanding
  • unmanageable
  • insurgent
  • refractory
  • unconquerable
  • cussed
  • set
  • ungovernable
  • confirmed
  • unregenerate
  • froward

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

  • amenable
  • flexible
  • acquiescent
  • pliant
  • agreeable
  • compliant
  • pliable
  • docile
  • obedient
  • tractable
  • submissive
  • receptive
  • complying
  • responsive
  • willing
  • yielding
  • reasonable
  • accepting
  • placable
  • temperate
  • relenting
  • subservient
  • slavish
  • persuadable
  • governable
  • manageable
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